MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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